Farwaniya Shops Raided, Seizes Unstamped Gold and Closes Subsidized Food Store

KUWAIT CITY, Jul 30: The inspection team of the Farwaniya Monitoring Department at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry conducted field visits to several commercial establishments, resulting in the issuance of 101 violation reports for various offenses, including commercial fraud, the sale of goods of unknown origin, and the sale of prohibited items, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

The ministry explained that the inspections also led to the seizure of gold jewelry from a shop that did not bear the ministry’s official stamp, along with violations including failure to display price lists and failure to indicate the country of origin of products. A grocery store was found selling subsidized food items and was immediately closed. A domestic worker recruitment agency was also found to violate ministerial regulations prohibiting cash transactions. The ministry further stated that 13 violation notices were issued to establishments operating without valid licenses or conducting activities inconsistent with their licensed purposes